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    <title>elan: The Guide to Global Muslim Culture &#45; Entertainment</title>
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    <dc:creator>elan@elanthemag.com</dc:creator>
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    <dc:date>2010-03-09T18:55:39-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Mos Def Bouts With the Observer and Wins (Kind Of)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[After the New York Observer&#8216;s D.M. Levine wrote a story involving Mos Def sipping &#8220;a bottle of Rolling Rock&#8221; (a brand of beer), Mos Def valiantly defended the allegation in a letter to the editor, making proud Muslims all over these United States of America. Although the letter wasn&#8217;t posted on the Observer&#8216;s website, the transcription from the print edition is below.<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/mos_def_bouts_with_the_observer_and_wins_kind_of-nid258178462/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2010-02-25T20:02:24-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>The Spy From Cairo Mixes It Up</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Western club&#45;goers have been partying to Middle Eastern music for years. When you thought you were grooving to Jay&#45;Z&#8217;s &#8220;Big Pimpin,&#8221; you were really dancing to Abdel Halim Hafez&#8217;s &#8220;Khosara.&#8221; Listen to Aaliyah&#8217;s &#8220;More Than a Woman&#8221; and then compare it to Mayad El Hennawi&#8217;s &#8220;Aloly Ensi.&#8221; Sound familiar? Someone even made an entire YouTube clip about how producer Timbaland rips off Middle Eastern artists. But I personally dig that classical Arabic music is constantly being innovated and revamped in contemporary Western music.&amp;nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/the_spy_from_cairo_mixes_it_up-nid352062904/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2010-02-23T20:16:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Muslim TV Character Has a Dew Frinks</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[If you watched last week&#8217;s episode of Community you already know that Abed gets, for lack of a better cliched term, smashed. Which begs the question: What, if anything, does it mean for a mainstream Muslim character on network television to get hammered?<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/muslim_tv_character_has_a_dew_frinks_nid574696599-nid281966066/">Read More</a>]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Entertainmen</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-02-22T17:15:53-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>&#8220;Freej&#8221; Frame: Arab Animated Series Goes Global</title>
      <link>http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/freej_frame_arab_animated_series_goes_global-nid799632425/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Four animated, Arab grandmothers are taking over the world, one TV screen at a time. The hit UAE show &#8220;Freej&#8221; is soon to become the first globally distributed Arab series, centering around the lives of four traditional women living in a secluded neighborhood on the outskirts of Dubai.<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/freej_frame_arab_animated_series_goes_global-nid799632425/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2010-02-04T19:11:07-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>The 3 Best Muslim Characters in Hollywood: A look back at the 00&#8217;s</title>
      <link>http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/the_3_best_muslim_characters_in_hollywood_a_look_back_at_the_00s-nid8573549/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ok fine. There aren&#8217;t very many examples of Muslims portrayed favorably in Hollywood movies. That we can all agree on. But I wanted to take some time out to remember the few Muslim characters that are, surprisingly, cool and somewhat accurate.<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/the_3_best_muslim_characters_in_hollywood_a_look_back_at_the_00s-nid8573549/">Read More</a>]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Entertainmen</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-02-01T17:20:11-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>IMAN Rocks the Apollo in Harlem, with Mos Def, Outlandish and More</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Inner City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) hosted a jam(literally)&#45;packed event this past Saturday night at the historic Apollo theater in Harlem, New York City. This year&#8217;s show, a follow&#45;up to last year&#8217;s sold&#45;out Community Cafe at the Shabazz Center, featured a slew of talented cultural performances all aimed at celebrating the arts and entertainment that the Muslim community has to offer.&amp;nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/iman_rocks_the_apollo_in_harlem_with_mos_def_outlandish_and_more-nid4475446/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2010-01-25T19:03:09-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Zade: Concert for Peace in the Middle East</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[He has performed for Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, and Queen Elizabeth. He has collaborated with global, Grammy&#45;award winning artists. His music combines East and West as never before, in an effort to hijack the world stage (and a considerable amount of teenage girl wallspace) as a musical response to terrorists who &#8220;hijack my religion.&#8221;<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/zade_concert_for_peace_in_the_middle_east-nid121098569/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2010-01-25T15:50:54-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Muslim Stereotypes in Hollywood: Are they really fading?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Long gone are the days of  Not Without My Daughter and The Princess and the Marine, (thank goodness!) but has Hollywood changed their attitude toward Muslims? In an op&#45;ed for USA Today, Souheila Al&#45;Jadda argues that the &#8220;sinister Muslim&#8221; stereotype is fading in Hollywood by providing examples of characters that have stepped out of the Muslims&#45;bent&#45;on&#45;destroying&#45;the&#45;world box that the media has inconveniently placed us all in. But do a few examples mean that the &#8220;sinister Muslim&#8221; stereotype is actually fading? And what about other Muslim stereotypes that remain in Hollywood?<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/muslim_stereotypes_in_hollywood_are_they_really_fading-nid503043165/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2010-01-20T15:48:06-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Want to get Intimate with Aziz Ansari?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Now that we know that it&#8217;s okay to laugh in the Middle East, let&#8217;s turn to some of the comedy available here in the good ol&#8217; United States. Comedy Central is gearing up for a number of upcoming specials, including elan favorite Aziz Ansari&#8217;s first stand&#45;up special alluringly entitled &#8220;Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening.&#8221; The show, recorded at Los Angeles&#8217; Brentwood Theater, will feature Aziz seducing the audience with pillow talk on everything from Craigslist to thread counts to the provider of endless comedic fodder, R. Kelly.&amp;nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/want_to_get_intimate_with_aziz_ansari-nid938022845/">Read More</a>]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Entertainmen</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-12T17:23:49-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Review: Avatar is a Metaphor for Palestine or Something Else Probably</title>
      <link>http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/review_avatar_is_metaphor_for_palestine_or_something_else_probably-nid36784/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Honestly, I want to have a strong opinion one way or another about James Cameron&#8217;s epic, Avatar. I really do. I love Star Wars, Starcraft, and any other movie, video game, or book that incorporates the future*, aliens, or spaceships in pretty much any combination of the three. I figured I would eat this delicious sci&#45;fi epic up like a hot fudge sundae on a Ramadan night. Then I watched it, the credits rolled, and I left the theater trying to figure out what I thought about it. Sure, I like Avatar. But I don&#8217;t love it and that&#8217;s what worries me.<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/review_avatar_is_metaphor_for_palestine_or_something_else_probably-nid36784/">Read More</a>]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Entertainmen</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-23T17:38:12-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Gaza&#8217;s First Ever Film Festival Highlights the Struggles of Palestinians</title>
      <link>http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/gazas_first_ever_film_festival_highlights_the_struggles_of_palestinians-nid/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A month after it was scheduled to begin, the Gaza Film Festival finally took place from December 5th to the 8th.&amp;nbsp; But this wasn&#8217;t your average film festival. No paparazzi. No red carpets. No glitz. No glam. This festival was about much more than parties and awards; it was about the struggles of the Palestinian people.<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/gazas_first_ever_film_festival_highlights_the_struggles_of_palestinians-nid/">Read More</a>]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Entertainmen</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-15T16:38:04-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Amreeka, Zero Bridge Nominated for Independent Spirit Awards</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The nominations for this year&#8217;s 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced last week, and we&#8217;re proud that &#8220;Amreeka,&#8221; a film about a Palestinian single mother who immigrates to a small town in Illinois, was included as a Best Picture nominee for the prestigious award. Not only did the film get a best picture nod, but female lead Nisreen Faour scored a Best Actress nomination, and writer Cherien Dabis was also recognized for Best First Screenplay.&amp;nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/amreeka_zero_bridge_nominated_for_independent_spirit_awards-nid453273747/">Read More</a>]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Entertainmen</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-09T19:05:11-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Highlights from the Cairo International Film Festival</title>
      <link>http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/highlights_from_the_cairo_international_film_festival-nid12687367/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[To say that the 33rd annual Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) was overshadowed by the Egypt&#45;Algeria World Cup qualifying match is putting it lightly. The 10&#45;day festival went practically unnoticed, but for attendees, there was plenty to be excited about.&amp;nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/highlights_from_the_cairo_international_film_festival-nid12687367/">Read More</a>]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Entertainmen</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-08T17:53:11-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Jakarta International Film Festival Kicks Off this Weekend</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cairo. Doha. Dubai. Jakarta. These are just a few of the Muslim&#45;majority cities that have held major, prominent film festivals in the last year, celebrations which too&#45;often get sidelined by mainstream media in favor of, well, minarets and the like. Still, the popularity of these festivals is ever&#45;increasing, and the trend continues this weekend with the annual Jakarta International Film Festival Jakarta International Film Festival (JiFFest) in Indonesia, impressively now in its 11th year.&amp;nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/jakarta_international_film_festival_kicks_off_this_weekend-nid975850385/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2009-12-03T18:26:44-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Who is Your Muslim Mariah? Voting for the Best Muslim Singers on NPR!</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[If I could have any talent, it would be the ability to sing. I don&#8217;t mean a little tra&#45;la&#45;laing in the shower, but to really sing. I&#8217; talkin&#8217; Mariah, baby. Sadly, my singing is not so much Mariah as it is dying cat. That said, I do appreciate a good singer when I hear one.&amp;nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/who_is_your_muslim_mariah_voting_for_the_best_muslim_singers_on_npr-nid6688/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2009-11-25T17:38:44-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Arabs Hate American Foreign Policy, but Bring on the TV!</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When Ross Gellar blurted out Rachel Green&#8217;s name, at the alter when he was marrying Emily &#8216;whoever&#8217;, residents of the Middle East gasped just as loudly as their American counterparts did. And when Kate set up Sammi Brady so that Lucas would call off the wedding on the day of the ceremony, residents of the Gulf were all abuzz and stunned with the shocking news.<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/arabs_hate_american_foreign_policy_but_bring_on_the_tv-nid512486643/">Read More</a>]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Entertainmen</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-24T17:28:55-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>The Jolie&#45;Pitt Benetton ad is complete! Report that Angelina adopts Syrian child</title>
      <link>http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/the_jolie_pitt_benetton_ad_is_complete_report_that_angelina_adopts_syrian_c/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Reports are surfacing that none other than Angelina Jolie will be adopting her seventh child, a baby girl from Syria. Yay! More outreach to the Muslim World! Obama, is this all part of your master plan? Okay, maybe not.&amp;nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/the_jolie_pitt_benetton_ad_is_complete_report_that_angelina_adopts_syrian_c/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2009-11-11T17:43:17-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Ali Eteraz&#8217;s Children of Dust Lands O Magazine Fall Reading List</title>
      <link>http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/ali_eterazs_children_of_dust_lands_o_magazine_fall_reading_list-nid81328416/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pakistani author Ali Eteraz has garnered a lot of attention recently, especially since his newly released memoir, Children of Dust, has landed on O, The Oprah Magazine&#8216;s coveted Fall Reading Guide. Children of Dust is an account of the author&#8217;s life in rural Pakistan, encompassing his move to the Bible Belt in the United States and then to the Middle East.&amp;nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/ali_eterazs_children_of_dust_lands_o_magazine_fall_reading_list-nid81328416/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2009-10-27T13:55:03-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Ctr. Alt. Shift &#45; Powerful Short Film Focuses on Health care in Palestine</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ctrl.Alt.Shift is a UK&#45;based organization whose mission is to fight social and global injustices. In 2008, they held a short film competition based around the global issues of war and peace; gender and power; and HIV and its stigma. They selected five winners in January 2009 and this short film was among them.<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/ctr_alt_shift_powerful_short_film_focuses_on_health_care_in_palestine/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2009-10-20T15:18:16-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Is Malaysia&#8217;s &#8220;Boom Boom Pow&#8221; on Entertainment a Danger Zone?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been yet another busy month for the pseudo&#45;conservative security council that influences Malaysia&#8217;s governing body. On October 25th, the council &#45; more formally known as the Pan&#45;Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) &#45; will no doubt cringe as world R&amp;amp;B star Beyonce performs for the first&#45;time ever in the country, albeit with altered costumes that show a lot less skin.&amp;nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/is_malaysias_boom_boom_pow_on_entertainment_a_danger_zone/">Read More</a>]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Entertainmen</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-29T18:49:29-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Watch Joey on News 12 NJ!</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Just in time for Eid, our very own Joey of &#8220;Joey Does Ramadan&#8221; was featured on News 12 NJ! Kudos to reporter Syma Chowdhry for an awesome interview.<br />
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      <description><![CDATA[According to the Guardian, the first Iranian film to be shot in the U.S. since the 1979 revolution will begin production in Los Angeles. Directed by Masoud Jafari Jozani, the film, &#8220;In the Wind&#8217;s Eye,&#8221; centers around a brain surgeon who emigrated from Iran in 1945, but is faced with the decision to return when he receives a letter in 1981 from his wife, whom he thought had died in World War II. Based on his 52&#45;hour TV series, Jozani&#8217;s film follows three generations of Iranians from 1920 to 1981.&amp;nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/iran_back_to_making_movies_in_the_us_thanks_obama/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Washington Post reports that American film studios have begun suing Bollywood for unlicensed adaption of their scripts and sometimes full out plagiarism. For years now, Indian filmmakers have been knocking off American movies and recreating them in their Bollywood market. However, India is not the only market that does this. Middle Eastern filmmakers have recently begun doing the same, though Hollywood is not paying the same type of attention just yet.&amp;nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/hollywood_finally_sues_bollywood_but_is_stealing_a_2_way_street/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[On Monday, a representative of Qatar&#8217;s Doha Tribeca Film Festival said the Gulf state hopes to create a film hub for regional artists that will include education initiatives and community involvement, reports Reuters. Qatar is looking to become a cultural capital of the Gulf region, and establishing an annual film festival might assist it in doing just that.&amp;nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/doha_rolls_out_the_red_carpet_with_tribeca_film_festival/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Joey Does Ramadan: The First Three Days</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Last week we all met Joey, a non&#45;Muslim American college student trying out Ramadan on YouTube. For those of you that watched his introduction, thanks for the words of encouragement! Joey&#8217;s fasting and his video diary have official begun, and the first few days were not so pretty. Find out how it went on the elan media section and keep checking back for more! As usual, post your comments or send us feedback at <br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/joey_does_ramadan_the_first_three_days/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The artistic future of Saudi Arabia in a coin toss: Heros or Villains? Scouring the streets of Saudi are a pair of twenty&#45;something indie filmmakers in an intriguing struggle &#45; Todd Nims, an American raised in Saudi Arabia, and Ali Kalthami, a local, are shaking out the cafes of Riyadh for the stars of their unprecedented sitcom pilot &#8220;Almost a Rock Band.&#8221;<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/almost_a_revolution_in_saudi_tv/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Christiane Amanpour&#8217;s report on CNN was a roller coaster of emotions for me. The greatest suspense film of all time. And not so much because of the content &#45; which was well presented &#45; but more so because of the audience; the self&#45;conscious Muslim in me ran her mouth at auctioneer speed: do Americans think Pakistan looks like this, do they think my parents went to a madrassa, do they think Afghan Star/ American Idol is a joke ... in short, do Americans work from the assumption that Muslims are dangerous, volatile people, and how much do they apply this heuristic to me?&amp;nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/am_i_the_only_one_thoughts_on_cnns_generation_islam/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Star Academy Arab World&#8221; &#45; have you ever heard a title so appealing and filled with glamour, anticipation and excitement? If you watch &#8220;Big Brother&#8221;, &#8220;American Idol&#8221;, &#8220;America&#8217;s Got Talent&#8221;, &#8220;Britain&#8217;s Got Talent&#8221;, then &#45; um, well &#45; yes.&amp;nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/idol_worship_in_the_kingdom_causes_controversy/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[As if we haven&#8217;t suffered enough from Paris Hilton overload in the United States ... she&#8217;s going international.&amp;nbsp; Brace yourselves.<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/seriously_what_is_paris_hilton_doing_in_the_middle_east/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Film Review: Hamza Perez is the &#8220;New Muslim Cool&#8221;</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Spiritual re&#45;invention through conversion to Islam is the true essence of the Muslim religion. The very first Muslims, including the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), all declared shahada and converted to Islam. The hero of the celebrated new film New Muslim Cool, Hamza (Jason) Perez is no different. At the young age of 21, when most people are trying to find a purpose in life, Hamza realized his own struggle against himself and gave up a life of drug dealing and hustling to embrace Islam.<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/film_review_hamza_perez_is_the_new_muslim_cool/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[A recent New York Times article meticulously investigates the life of a 43&#45;year&#45;old man who died in a New Jersey immigration jail in 2005. More than three years later, federal immigration authorities acknowledged that they had overlooked the man&#8217;s death, and belatedly added a name to their roster of fatalities: &#8220;T. Ahmad&#8221;. The NYT still painstakingly traced who T. Ahmad was and why he ended up in an immigration detention.&amp;nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/bollywood_takes_on_9_11_in_inew_york_i/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[From New Muslim Cool to The Stoning of Soraya M., it looks like nuanced portrayals of the Islamic world beyond the days of Die Hard are all the rage in American film today. But although these expressions of cinema are making waves in the U.S., what about the output of the Arab world itself? The Egyptian film industry, for one, is proving to emerge as a major cinema player, with the Cairo Film Festival making increasing strides as the oldest film festival in the Middle East, and new transformations that are putting Egypt on the world cinema map.&amp;nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/egypt_the_it_player_in_world_cinema/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2009-07-07T15:54:47-05:00</dc:date>
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